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Re:Update from Chef by dragonwriter on Monday September 23, 2019 @02:16PM (#21051762)
If evil is more expensive, it will be harder for evil doers to get as much of it done.
Re:Update from Chef by swsieber on Monday September 23, 2019 @02:30PM (#21051962)
So yeah, I say "I'm not sure" because I don't know the personal motives of the individual outspoken people. It really depends on what they thought it was going to accomplish, and why they wanted those things to happen.

Thwarting ICE? Incredibly unlikely and impractical . Slowing ICE down? Probably.

Re:Update from Chef by cjbprime on Monday September 23, 2019 @02:47PM (#21052147)
The individual outspoken developer who started it seemed reasonably clear: he didn't want helping ICE through his code to be on his conscience.
Re:Update from Chef by swsieber on Monday September 23, 2019 @03:14PM (#21052470)
I completely agree.